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The making of modern Jewish identity : ideological change and religious conversion

Title

The making of modern Jewish identity : ideological change and religious conversion / Motti Inbari.

Author

Inbari, Motti

Publication

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
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Description

ix, 172 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

"This volume explores the processes that led several modern Jewish leaders - rabbis, politicians, and intellectuals - to make radical changes to their ideology regarding Zionism, Socialism, and Orthodoxy. Comparing their ideological change to acts of conversion, the study examines the philosophical, sociological, and psychological path of the leaders' transformation. The individuals examined are: novelist Arthur Koestler, transformed from a devout Communist to an anti-Communist crusader following the atrocities of the Stalin regime; Norman Podhoretz, editor of Commentary Magazine, moved from the New Left to neo-Conservative, disillusioned by US liberal politics; Yissachar Shlomo Teichtel, transformed from an ultra-Orthodox anti-Zionist Hungarian rabbi to messianic Religious-Zionist due to the events of the Holocaust; Ruth Ben-David, converted to Judaism after the Second World War in France because of her sympathy with Zionism, eventually becoming a radical anti-Israeli advocate; Haim Herman Cohn, Israeli Supreme Court Justice, grew up as a non-Zionist Orthodox Jew in Germany, later renouncing his belief in God due to the events of the Holocaust; and Avraham (Avrum) Burg, prominent centrist Israeli politician who served as the Speaker of the Knesset and head of the Jewish Agency, later became a post-Zionist. Comparing aspects of modern politics to religion, the book will be of interest to researchers in a broad range of areas including modern Jewish studies, sociology of religion and political science."--

Series Statement

Routledge Jewish Studies Series

Uniform Title

Routledge Jewish studies series.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-167) and index.

Contents

Moving away from communism: the case of Arthur Koestler -- "Is it good for the Jews?" The conversion of Norman Podhoretz, editor of Commentary Magazine, from the new left to neoconservativism -- From anti-Zionist orthodoxy to messianic religious Zionist: the case of Yissachar Shlomo Teichtel -- From spiritual conversion to ideological conversion: the quest -- The "Deconversion" of Haim Herman Cohn: a model of secular religion -- Avraham (Avrum) Burg between Religious-Zionism and Post-Zionism -- Concluding remarks.

Call Number

JFE 19-7850

ISBN

9780367135959
0367135957

LCCN

2019006620

OCLC

1083820121

Author

Inbari, Motti, author.

Title

The making of modern Jewish identity : ideological change and religious conversion / Motti Inbari.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge Jewish Studies Series

Routledge Jewish studies series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-167) and index.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Research Call Number

JFE 19-7850

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